Whip-socket.



W. LUTHER.

WHIP SOCKET.-

APPLIO-ATION FILED APR. 21, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed April 21, 1908. Serial N 0. 428,361.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAYNE LUTHER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Carlisle, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Whip- Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whip sockets, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide simple and easily operable means for lockin the whip within the socket to prevent its being stolen or withdrawn. from the socket for any purpose by an unauthorized person.

Another object of the invention is to provide a whip socket with means for locking a whip therein and to provide an operating bar and chain for operating the lock to detach the whip therefrom.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whip socket made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my whip socket, showing a whip in dotted lines, said whip being locked in the socket. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the whip socket with the whip detached from the lock. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the whip socket. Fig. 5 is a sectlonal view on the line 55 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Referring to the drawing for a more specific description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates the barrel of the whip socket, said barrel having an open upper and lower end, as shown. Secured within the barrel of the socket are the curved springs 2, said springs being connected by rivets 3 to the barrel and the upper end bearing against the inner Wall of said barrel.

The lock for the whip comprises a pair of hinges of suitable form, one plate 1 of which is curved and secured by means of rivets 5 to the inside of the barrel 1. Connected to the plates or members 4 are the lock plates 6, said plates being connected to the plates 4 by means of pintles 7. A spiral spring 8 is secured inside the barrel by means of a rivet 9 at one end, and connected to the opposite end of said spring is a pair of links 10, the lower ends of said links being attached to the lock plates 6. Connected to the spring 8 at its lower end is a chain 11, the lower end of said chain being connected to an operating bar 12 having a loop 13 at its lower end. A hole 14: is formed in the wall of the barrel, and a padlock 15 is connected to the loop 13 and to the perforation 14, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to prevent the withdrawal of the whip.

The operation of my invention may be briefly described as follows: When it is desired to lock the whip within the socket, the whip is merely forced down between the springs 2 until the button at the end of the whip is engaged by the locking plates or members 6, as shown in Fig. 2. The loop 13 is then locked to the barrel, and it is then impossible to remove the whip without unlocking the bar 12 and pulling it outward, as shown in Fig. 3, which pulls the lock plate 6 aside to permit the whip to be withdrawn.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a whip made in accordance with my invention will efiectually prevent the loss of many valuable whips, that the cost of manufacture is comparatively slight, that the whip socket can be secured to any dash board and cannot readily get out of order.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. A whip socket provided with locking means comprising a pair of hinged plates adapted to engage the button upon the butt end of a whip, links connected to said locking plates, a spring to which said links are connected, a chain connected to said spring, and a locking bar provided with a loop ildiipted to be locked to the barrel by a padoc z.

2. A whip socket, hinged locking plates in said socket, a spring connected at one end to the socket, connecting links attached at one end to the spring and at their other ends to said locking plates, 2. flexible connection attached to said spring, and a locking bar connected to said flexible connection and extending through the bottom of said whip socket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WAYNE LUTHER. Witnesses:

L. C. EGBERT, Lo'r C. RUNNnLLs. 

